Events

StoryWalk® Trail – Summer 2023 Macedon, NY

The Society sponsored StoryWalk® Trail displays the picture book Right Now I’m Small and I Have a Long Time to Grow. Through his charming prose, Shawn Ryan explores a child’s perspective while encouraging children and families to build community and gently interact with nature. With Dianne Dengel’s beautiful illustrations, this heartwarming story offers a message of acceptance and love for all. For information contact Carol Elaine Deys at paradeysacres@aol.com or 315-986-2302. Organized by the Finger Lakes Western New York Chapter.

Virtual Tea Party – August 14, 2023

The Pittsburgh chapter will host a virtual tea party the 2nd Monday of each month from 7- 8pm EDT. They will be themed to follow Tasha’s wheel of the year. Grab your tea or other drink and let’s settle down for some Tasha chat! You must be a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter’s private facebook group to join. Attendees from outside Pittsburgh are welcome. For information contact Nicole Coulter via email nicnackcoulter@gmail.com

Art of the Quilter Exhibit – August 16, 2023 Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg VA

The next rotation of the Art of the Quilter exhibit features a selection of thirteen American quilts and one coverlet representing a variety of techniques, colors, and materials. The display includes a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt top thought to be pieced by one of Tasha’s English relatives 1800-1840.

This quilt was shared in Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection by Curators Kim Ivey and Linda Baumgarten published by Yale University Press in 2014. It was also published in Early American Life magazine in the December 2014 issue. This exhibit runs August 16, 2023 through July 2024 in the McCarl Gallery at the Art Museums. More Information

Virtual Tasha Tudor’s Birthday Tea Celebration – August 19th, 2023

The new Minnesota Chapter will host a virtual birthday tea celebration from 11:00 am -12:00 pm CST. Bring tea in your favorite cup, a cupcake and a candle. We will enjoy our tea and cupcakes while having a “Tasha Tudor Show and Tell”. Come prepared to share your favorite Tasha Tudor books and stories about Tasha Tudor. Because we will also discuss plans for building our new chapter, attendance is limited to Minnesotans. For information contact Cynthia Ali via email cynali06@yahoo.com

Tasha’s Birthday Tea in the Garden – Sunday August 20, 2023, Manchester VT

Join the new Southern Vermont Chapter for their first event, a celebration of Tasha’s birthday from 1-4pm. There will be a wee little cake to float in the stream if there’s enough water and we may play “Pooh Sticks” as well! For information please contact Melinda Mull by text at 802-681-5706

Doll Wedding – August 26, 2023 Naselle WA

You are invited to a doll wedding in the spirit/tradition of Tasha Tudor’s 1955 doll wedding~with a touch of the Pacific Northwest. The event begins at 11am and will be followed by a picnic.

Organized by the Pacific Northwest Chapter.

Tasha Tudor Day – August 26, 2023, Yamanashi JAPAN

This year, the Tasha Tudor Museum Japan will hold a gathering to celebrate Tasha’s birthday. Museum co-founder, Masako Meshino, will present a talk on Tasha Tudor and additional fun programs are planned.

Please join us from 3:30pm to 5pm. Due to this event, museum tours will close at 3pm on August 26.

Please register before August 20th (0551-45-8788)

High Tea – August 27, 2023, Nelson NH

Celebrate Tasha Tudor’s birthday with an authentic English high tea from 3:00 – 4:30pm in a lakeside cabana on Granite Lake in Nelson NH. The tea will be catered by Food & Bev LLC, a local catering company whose owner hails from South Africa and London. The high tea will include both savory and sweet delights and true English tea. Tickets are $35 each and include the full tea, a special Tasha birthday activity and take home gift. Enjoy the beautiful shoreline of Granite Lake while we toast Tasha Tudor’s life and legacy. Please email TashaTudorSocietySNH@gmail.com or call/text (603) 283-8634 for information on purchasing tickets. Seating limited to 20.

Tasha Tudor Day Tea – August 28, 2023 Lititz, PA

Celebrate Tasha’s birthday at the Lititz Springs Inn. Gathering begins at 11am with luncheon at noontime. After lunch, there will be a new presentation “A Tasha Tudor Potpourri: New Discoveries, New Connections” by Society member Laura Ellen Wade.

Tickets are $35 which will cover lunch, tax, tip, and expenses. This must be pre-paid before August 24th.

For information contact Julia Marsh jmarsh9@verizon.net or 717-432-2190. Organized by the Central Pennsylvania Chapter

Gibbs Farm Tree Tour and Picnic – September 9, 2023 Falcon Heights, MN

Join a 45-minute walking tour through the Gibbs Farm site led by Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins at 11 CST. Visit the tour’s tallest trees including Burr Oak and Black Walnut; and some of the newer additions including Tamarack and American Hazelnut! Learn how these Minnesota trees were used for food, medicine and shelter by the Dakota and settlers. Bring your own sack lunch for a picnic after the tour. You may bring a Tasha Tudor book to share at the picnic. Do you have one about gardens, trees, farms, animals? After the picnic, stick around to take a history tour, visit the farm animals or enjoy the prairie on your own. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for children 4-16, free for children 3 and under. To reserve your tour spot, pre-pay admission online or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. After you register and pay, please email Cynthia Ali, the Twin Cities Minnesota Chapter Leader via cynali06@yahoo.com, to let her know to look for you there.

Virtual Tea Party – September 11, 2023

Autumnal Equinox Tea – September 23, 2023 Elizabethtown, PA

Celebrate the first day of fall at Manchester Teas & Tarts. For information contact Julia Marsh jmarsh9@verizon.net or 717-432-2190. Organized by the Central Pennsylvania Chapter.

Virtual Book Club September 23, 2023 Zoom

Join the Twin Cities Minnesota Chapter from 10:00-11:00am CST to discuss The Private World of Tasha Tudor. “To capture an intimate portrait of Tasha Tudor, Richard Brown photographer, followed her throughout a year on her farm…a paradise on earth.” Please read the through page 45 including the introduction. No need to RSVP, just come ready to discuss the book. If you aren’t able to read the book, you are still welcome to join in. Open to all in the U.S. Please contact Chapter Leader Cynthia Ali via cynali06@yahoo.com for the Zoom link.

Virtual Tea Party – October 9, 2023

Tasha Tudor’s Christmas Mice – November 4, 2023 Online 1pm

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Children’s Literature Research Collection presents a talk by Tasha Tudor scholar Jeanette Chandler Knazek. Knazek will discuss the “Snow Before Christmas” illustration housed in our archives and will explore Tasha’s use of mice in her early books, as well as in her published illustrations for Christmas.

Since the age of five, Jeanette Chandler Knazek has admired the wide-ranging artistry of the late children’s author and illustrator Tasha Tudor (1915-2008), whom she met for the first time at an Ohio book-signing event in 1976. As co-curator and lecturer for the Norman Rockwell Museum’s traveling exhibition Tasha Tudor: Around the Year, Jeanette was also honored to curate the centenary celebration Longings Fulfilled: Tasha at Home in New England for the Tasha Tudor Museum. With an academic background in psychology, nursing, and law, Jeanette spent much of her professional career teaching others and now most enjoys sharing her knowledge, and deep appreciation of Tasha, during live presentations. More Information

Virtual Tea Party – November 13, 2023